Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire

This event will take place at Rochester Institute of Technology's Sklarsky Glass Box Theater. The theatre is located on the second level of the SHED.

Recomended parking locations for acces to the SHED are lot D and E.

The event is free to attend, but tickets are required.

In 1871, a remarkable group of singers from Nashville, Tennessee, embarked on a groundbreaking journey that would forever change the landscape of music and history. Known as the Fisk University Singers, these students, born into slavery, carried with them a music that had never before been heard in public. Through soloists, a narrator, gospel choruses, and a jazz combo, audiences will be transported back in time to witness the indomitable spirit of these freed slaves as they paved the way for future generations.

Music by Harvey Brough. Words by Justin Butcher.

Host or Publisher RIT School of Performing Arts